31 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.

Approximate dates from dates of titles listed in publisher's ad and from dates of the publisher's form of name according to Hall, T.H. Some printers and publishers of conjuring books, p. 36-38

Illustrations hand-colored

Printed on one side of leaf only; blank pages included in pagination

Gumuchian

Publisher's ad on p. [4] of wrappers

First sentence: "At the Comma each reader should stay, and count one; As, 'Charles had an orange, a tart, and a bun.'"

Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: hand-coloured frontispiece, 12 hand-coloured illustrations. Buff wrappers. Osborne - p.719. Forgotten Children's Books - Tuer - p.454. Adelphi Book shop. Victoria, B.C. May/63. $15.00. Battledore Books, N.Y. -= '83 - $275.00

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